Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-03-12
NEWS NOTES.


mer was awarded damages Of s., 200 against
Lake township Tor the death OF his son by
an accident on defective road.
The Industrial Gazette, of st. Louis,
makes the announcement that there has
Just been uncovered near tuscaloosa, Ala
Dama, bed OF red hermitite iron ore six
teen feet thick which analyses siEty-tWO
and Ohe-haI per cent Of metallic iron, and
De believed 70 be the most extensive and
valuable depOs t OF the kind in the United
States.
At a session Of the prophetic conference
In New York City, Rev. Baxter, Of England,
took for his subject "a Great Crisis Is at
Hand" He took up the question Of the
''sSver trumpets'' OF revelations Those he
said would be sounded thrice toward each
Of the four parts OF the world, which would
be a signal % prepare for the millennium.
All calculations pointed 20 period between
1872 aud l9OO as 10 the beginning OF the mil
lenlum. The anti CHRIST was & come out
OF the house Of Napols9n, endtc - o. asrcs
counLenances ana man Of =lns full OF
w1les. de IS presumed % be Prince Jerome
Napoleon or ''Plon PlOu." No. G66 On the
forehead or the right hand, would designate
Napolson's followers. All others were to
perish on the gulllOtine. He would make a
seven years covenant with the Jews, but
would break it after three and a half years.
The jews would be greatly p6rsecuted.
About tn time CHRIST would appesr, and
the $4,000 Watchful Christians would be
taken from the earth ia an instant Ia the
demons would rule the earth for thirteen
months, and kill One-third of the people of
the world. Demon locusts with scorpion
stings would DO deadly work for i've M Jnths.
Elijah and another would come 70 help
Christ, with power to hill with fire out of
their months. from 1892 to 1900 the world
would gradually become converted, until at
the sounding Of the seven tFump-ts the
world would be destroyed by great earth
quakes, IRE and other destructive agencies,
Then the reign Of Christ would begin and
continue ], COO years. Attention Is called to
the great earthq quake ia Europe as one Of the
Omens OF coming trouble
The president has approved the act to in
demniiy certain subjects of tho Chinese en-
plre for losses sustained By violence of a
mob az Rock SpriLgss Wyoming, IN Septem-
Der, 1885.
The execution o. Jim Stevens, of Princess
Anne, Nd, took place on the 25lh. The
execution was witnessed by thirty persons.
Stevens showed 10 signs Of nervousness.
At The scanoId5 while his spiritual adviser
was Speaking, he gaZed mp aud his lips
moved as II in prayer. Death was vCry
easy, his neck being broken The crime
for which Stevens, alias Wright, was 6Iecu-
ted, was committed on the night of July 10
1886. His victim, Mrs. Mary IrebJrn, a
white woman 81 years old, lived entirely
alone about eight miles from here. Stevens
on the night mentioned entered her domicile
through a window and committed out
rageous assault upon her.
Hon. Carl Schurz slipped on the Sidewalk
while walking on Sixth avenue, New York
city and TELL. IL trying 10 catch himself the
weight Of his body was thrown outward and
his left side struck the walk first. He wa
assisted TO his feet By two gentlemen and
taken home. DR.. Jaclby was summoned
he found that Schurz had sustaineda severe
injury to his left hip and the use Of plaster
paris and heavy bandages were resorted to.
The doctor would not say whether any bones
were broken.
The most destructive IRE in the history OF
Hannibal, No. destroyed eight blocks OF
lumber belonging TO Il. Dubach q Co. and
Hartman & Cuvd company The loss Is
S1OO,OOO partly insured. Five Missouri Pa
ciho box cars ana two st. Louis j. Hannibal
box cars were also destroyed high wind
served TO sp ead the flames with great Ia
pidity, and u a time 1t seemed as if moth
ing could save that part OF the city which
lay between Sixth street and the river.
Tramps are suppo-ed 20 be responsible for
the origin OF the ire
Fire broke out on pier 81, North river
New York, owned by the Morgan line steam
ship company and used as a discharge pier
for IRE ght. The total losses are from $780,
600 to 500, GOO. The fire origi dated on
board the lighter "LOrena," which was
mOOred at the extreme end Of the dock. By
thS time the nrem6n arrived the pier was al
ablaZs- Chief McGill and twelve men man
aged to reach the end of the pier. They
were trying 70 work their way TO
AElLcr -L0rGuGr Mn6u one OF LA6lr
number happened to glance behind him,
and in an excited manner he exclaimed:
GOOD God, boys We are hemmed IN"
The chief looked IN the direction Of the
stLest and saw that the Whole front OF the
pier was ablaze and that their Tneans of es-
cape was cut OF. Chief MrGii mustered
the man arou- him aud they played on the
IRE with one stream which they had run on
% the pier, hoping that for time they
would beat back the flames. The fire sur
rounded the hose, and IN a short time il
melted. When the hose gave out Chief Nc
Gill rallied the II en- about him and said;
boys, the only thing for Us to do now is to
risk swimming" The tug boat I'D. NJ.
Cox" was brought TO the dock, and Chief
McGiu and the men were taken on board.
Henry Wyatt, one of the hremen of the
steamer "Lone Star was locked mp in the
ofice. The window was pried open and he
was dragged out IN an inHensIble condi-
ton On the deck we're about 400 bales Of
cotton.
Senator Stephenson, Of Shelbyville, III.
Is preparing papers which he will forward
70 Secretary Bayard, calling attention to the
arrest by the German government Of Richard
heabeoker, a citizen of Strasburg, Shelby
county. Reabecksr Is a naturalizsd citizen
OF the United s. ates, and has resided in
Shelby county for some years In Deem
Der he started for Germany on visit, arriv-
ing In that country January 3, 1887. Three
days later he was arrested aud compelled to
to enter the German army, and Is still held
apriaoner, subject 70 military service. Secre-
tary Bayard viii be requested to demand his
instant release.
The president sent the following nOmina-
Hons to the senate to-day. Chauncey r.
Shultz, of Missouri, 10 be assistant treasurer
of the United States at St Louis; Samuel De
Meres. of Kansas register Of the land Othce
Cnncor dia, Kan.
Joseph W. Bingham, Of the indianapolis
Sentinel, committed suicide at the residence
of his father. j. j. Bingham, by cutting his
throat with razor. Bingham leaves wife
and child in Chicago. He had besn con-
uectsd with the press for many years, be-
ginning his car er on the Sentinel OF which
his father, at that time, was the proprietor.
For several years he had been in ChicrgO as
assistant city editor of the NeiCS, and GORE
spondent Of the New York Herald. When
the legislature met he returned to Indianap-
oils. lie has been a sufferer from insomnia
and became very much depressed which,
together with mania that his family would
not be comfortably cared Tor, doubtless
drove him TO the act.
The magnihcsnce Of the Knights OF
Labor headquarters on North Broad
street IN Philadelphia Is exciting wide
great organization all over the country.
Delegations from distant cities, who have
visited the new establishment, express as
Constituent at its grandeur and elegance.
Most Of the Epights in Philadelphia, at
least those who have entered the new head
quarters, are proud and yet surprised at the
character of the place. proud that their
order can boast OF the ownership or It, and
is able 10 provide such quarters for its gen
eral officers. and surprised that an organiza-
ton of Workingmen, entertaining prime Piles
OF the plainest and most Practical sort mag
Unable, shonid give cOunIenance 70 luxury
and ertravagance by fitting up its central
office in the style of the North Broad street
establishment The building, with It's brown
stone front, elegant furnishings equipments
and nouvsnfeuees have already been de-